Welcome to the Digital Collections of Amherst College. This website hosts a blog and project pages where we share the work we do to digitize, organize and share materials from the archives and special collections. This website reflects collaborative work between the Digital Programs, Archives & Special Collections, and Technical Services departments of Frost Library at Amherst College.

This website documents the work in building digital collections at Amherst College Library. You will find collection pages which summarize current and upcoming digital projects, information about the technical work involved in digitizing collections, details about our massive Amherst College Bicentennial digitization efforts, and a blog that captures the many facets of the work involved…

Below is a list of current and upcoming digitization projects in progress at Amherst College Library. Most of our current projects are related to the Amherst College Bicentennial as we prepare for the celebrations in 2021, and have some connection to Amherst College’s history. To see more of our digital collections, please visit Amherst College…

Post by Jessica Dampier, Simmons University MLIS ’19 I have been working in Frost Library as the Digital Programs Graduate Student Intern since fall of 2016. Things have changed a lot in our department over the past three years, and for a variety of reasons the work I was doing when I first got hired…